?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Prevalence+and+Pattern+of+Consanguineous+Marriages+Among+Different+Communities+in+Mangalore&rft.creator=Bhagya%2C+B&rft.creator=Sucharitha%2C+S&rft.creator=Avadhani%2C+R&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Introduction%3A+Consanguineous+marriages+are+a+common+practice+in+the+Middle+East%2C+Asian+and+African+populations.+Many+studies+have+stated+an+association+between+first+cousin+marriages+and+the+incidence+of+autosomal+recessive+diseases+and+congenital+malformations.+High+frequency+of+consanguinity+is+reported+by+researchers+among+South+India.+The+objectives+of+this+study+were+to+determine+the+prevalence+and+type+of+consanguineous+marriages+among+the+different+communities+of+Mangalore.+Methods%3A+This+study+was+conducted+on+1164+married+women+in+Mangalore+to+investigate+the+prevalence+and+type+of+consanguineous+marriages.+All+the+women+were+interviewed+personally+using+a+structured+questionnaire.+Family+pedigree+was+constructed+to+study+the+type+of+consanguineous+marriages.+Data+analysis+was+done+by+SPSS+Win+13.0.+Results%3A+A+low+percentage+of+consanguinity+(6.53%25)+was+observed+with+a+mean+inbreeding+coefficient+of+0.0339.+Frequency+of+consanguinity+between+religions+was+highly+significant.+Of+these+the+most+frequent+were+first+cousin+marriages+(43.42%25).+Within+Hindu+religion+the+highest+rate+of+consanguinity+was+among+the+Billavas+(47.62%25)+of+which+the+most+frequent+were+distant+relative+marriages+(75%25)+followed+by+second+cousin+marriages+(57.14%25).+There+was+no+significant+difference+in+the+frequency+distribution+of+the+types+of+consanguinity+between+the+religions+and+also+between+the+different+groups+among+Hindus.+Conclusion%3A+The+frequency+of+consanguinity+was+found+to+be+low+in+Mangalore.+The+findings+contradict+with+the+earlier+reports+of+high+prevalence+of+consanguineous+marriages+in+South+India.+Increased+female+education%2C+increased+socio-economic+status+and+decrease+in+parental+decisions+in+marriages+may+be+the+reasons.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2013-01-25&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8936%2F1%2F2012-4-7.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bhagya%2C+B+and+Sucharitha%2C+S+and+Avadhani%2C+R++(2013)+Prevalence+and+Pattern+of+Consanguineous+Marriages+Among+Different+Communities+in+Mangalore.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8936%2F